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enOnce Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Saturday Night Feverhttp://www.rhino.com/article/once-upon-a-time-in-the-top-spot-saturday-night-fever
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>36 years ago today, the soundtrack to <em>Saturday Night Fever</em> – and, in a very real way, the soundtrack to the late ‘70s – made its debut at the pinnacle of the <em>Billboard</em> Top 200, which is where it stayed (alive) for an astounding 18 consecutive weeks.</p>
<p>Much of the Bee Gees’ material on the <em>Saturday Night Fever</em> soundtrack was intended for what would’ve been the group’s follow-up to 1976’s <em>Children of the World</em>...or, if you’re counting live albums, then it was the follow-up to 1977’s <em>Here at Last…Bee Gees…Live</em>. But, really, who counts live albums? Either way, though, the brothers Gibb first started the recording process for what was going to be their next album with “If I Can’t Have You,” and by the time all was said and done, the Bee Gees ended up with six of their songs on the soundtrack…and that wasn’t even one of them!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/saturday-night-fever" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Saturday Night Fever</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/rhino-factoids" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Rhino Factoids</a></div></div></div>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:31:48 +0000rhino9876 at http://www.rhino.comDoing a 180: Syd Barrett, Saturday Night Fever, and Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Lifehttp://www.rhino.com/article/doing-a-180-syd-barrett-saturday-night-fever-and-ronnie-james-dio-this-is-your-life
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It’s not what you’d call a hard and fast rule, but when we post an entry in our “Doing a 180” feature to spotlight a new release on 180-gram vinyl, we generally tend to only spotlight one artist at a time. This week, though, we’re playing a little bit of catch-up, so we’re combining a couple of releases into a single piece, a la our weekly Digital Roundup, so hopefully you’ll forgive us for trying to condense what would ordinarily be a trio of posts into a single entry, and please trust us when we tell you that they’re all very much <em>worthy</em> of their own posts…particularly this first one.</p>
<p><strong>Syd Barrett, <em><a href="http://smarturl.it/89cito" target="_blank">The Madcap Laughs</a></em> / <em><a href="http://smarturl.it/98m0a2" target="_blank">Barrett</a></em> / <em><a href="http://smarturl.it/eq9qon" target="_blank">Opel</a></em></strong> – There are those whose knowledge of Pink Floyd starts and ends with whatever’s been forced down their throat by classic-rock radio, which means that there are countless casual fans that haven’t a clue about the decidedly psychedelic era when the band was fronted by someone other than Roger Waters or David Gilmour. That said, diving into the back catalog of Syd Barrett is an endeavor which should never, ever start with his solo work, because he’s definitely a musician whose story is best appreciated in chronological order. As such, you should first go check out Pink Floyd’s <em>The Piper at the Gates of Dawn</em>, <em>A Saucerful of Secrets</em>, and <em>Relics</em>, and <em>then</em> dive into Barrett’s own output, which really only consists of these three albums: the two studio efforts he released in 1970 – <em>The Madcap Laughs</em> and <em>Barrett</em> – and the 14-track compilation entitled <em>Opel</em>, which was originally released in 1988 and features alternate takes and previously-unreleased songs. They’re an acquired taste, to be certain, but they’re a part of Pink Floyd’s history that every fan of the band should hear.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/saturday-night-fever" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Saturday Night Fever</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/vinyl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Vinyl</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/180-gram-vinyl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">180-Gram Vinyl</a></div></div></div>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:46:30 +0000rhino6526 at http://www.rhino.comRhino #1s: Saturday Night Feverhttp://www.rhino.com/article/rhino-1s-saturday-night-fever
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On this day in 1978, the soundtrack SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER started a 24-week run on the US album chart. With 30 million copies sold world-wide, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER became the best selling soundtrack album of all time.
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